Whitewood

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Whitewood

Total population

912

Median home value

$243,300

23.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$77,500

Whitewood$78k

National$74k

Elevation1114 m

Land area1.65 km²

Weather52°F · Widespread Frost then Sunny

Coordinates44.46°, -103.64°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Whitewood is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 879 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Whitewood, SD from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Nearby places in South Dakota

• Crook City
  1.7 mi away · pop. 279
• Deadwood
  6.6 mi away · pop. 1,209
• St. Onge
  7.1 mi away · pop. 40
• Sturgis
  7.6 mi away · pop. 7,086
• Spearfish
  9.2 mi away · pop. 12,930
• Blucksberg Mountain
  11.5 mi away · pop. 692
• Vale
  16 mi away · pop. 73
• Belle Fourche
  17.7 mi away · pop. 5,804
• Colonial Pine Hills
  34.8 mi away
• Box Elder
  36.7 mi away · pop. 12,902
• Custer
  48.1 mi away · pop. 2,341
• Buffalo Gap
  68.9 mi away · pop. 131

Browse all places in South Dakota →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Whitewood

Whitewood Flume Company

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Mines and Mining. · 1878

North part of the Whitewood anticline

Bruno C. Petsch · 1949

Toxic substances in surface waters and sediments

Christopher C. Fuller · 2003

Composition, distribution, and hydrologic effects of contaminated sediments resulting from the discharge of gold milling wastes to Whitewood Creek at Lead and Deadwood, South Dakota

Kimball E Goddard · 1989

U.S. Geological Survey applied research studies of the Cheyenne River System, South Dakota

1988

Alfalfa seed book

Glenheim Farm · 1915

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Fairpoint, Meade, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 44 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 68 mi
• Wildfire Kohns, Campbell, Wyoming
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 72 mi
• Wildfire XU Hill, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 100 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 100 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 103 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 104 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

American Bison

Bos bison

Seen 2026-09-21

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Seen 2026-09-18

Bighorn Sheep

Ovis canadensis

Seen 2026-09-11

fringed sagebrush

Artemisia frigida

Seen 2026-09-10

white prairie aster

Symphyotrichum falcatum

Seen 2026-09-10

Least Chipmunk

Neotamias minimus

Seen 2026-09-10

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Sitta canadensis

Seen 2026-09-10

quaking aspen

Populus tremuloides

Seen 2026-09-10

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Seen 2026-09-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).